You hear an explosion that nearly shatters your eardrums, and rubble flies everywhere.  The soldier's grenade has gone off.  "We've lost Xan!" X roars over your speakers.  "He's flatlined out."

Back in the office:
Just as Twitch is about to fire, Binary urges Jade and Lazarus, "Go!  They don't want to kill me."

Then gunfire erupts, drowning out his words.  Agent Mulder seems to move in speeds unfathonable and unmeasurable by the human eye.

Lazarus and Jade make their way outside, noting for a brief second before they close the door that the Agent is completely unharmed.

Down the hall the voice of the Sargeant can be heard.  "Forget about the intruders!  Plant your demolitions and help me save our marines.  The explosion will take care of the enemy.  Just watch your backs.  They shoot without warning."

As Lazarus and Jade make their way to the corner (to the west of Binary's room), X's voice breaks out over the earphones.  "Jade and Lazarus, you need to get to a computer to upload the information.  Then you can come through the hardline.  You'll need to take the elevator in the southwest corner.  It's about a 7 minute ride to the top, so timing is critical."

He pauses.  "The demolitions teams are moving to the far corners of the building, one team to the northwest and one to the northeast.  I estimate about 2 or 3 minutes until they set the 10 minute timers.  Looks like you've only got about 5 minutes to get on that elevator."

Meanwhile, back at the rubble in the southwest, Grid finishes bandaging Mitose and picks him up, heading to the elevator which is just a few meters away.

Viper heads through the door to the room and then reappears at the south end.  The soldier with the wounded leg has fallen unconscious now, his M-16 still gripped tightly in one hand.

You hear the voice of one of the demolitions men distantly in the earphones.  "What are you doing here?  This place is going to blow in under 15 minutes."

X quickly pipes up.  "That strange reading in the office with Binary...that 'Agent.'  I've isolated his readings, so we shouldn't be surprised by one of them anymore.  But that's who they're talking to down the hall.  Another one, I mean.  Another Agent.  Guess who turned on the lights?  Jade and Lazarus, I'll try to guide you safely south.  Head down the hall the soldiers were just on and go straight south.  Looks like you've got a clear run for it if you hurry.  The second Agent is still standing by the circuit breaker."

Viper mutters a curse under his breath when Xan bites the wrong pineapple.

When he finds the marine, pauses to throw the soldier's weapon over his shoulder, relying on the massive shock to keep him unconcious. He then relieves the soldier of his frag grenades and radio, and heads to join Grid and Mitose, getting directions from X as needed, hoping there's still time for the hypo he's carrying to be effective.

Laz follows X's directions, intent on doing what he has to do so that no one's death will be in vain.

Jade follows Laz, her machine gun ready.  "I sure hope Twitch and Binary make it out of there alright," she mutters.

Jade and Laz make a break to the south, running at full speed.

The gunfire in the office suddenly stops.

X's frantic voice breaks out over your headphones.  "We've lost Twitch!  He's flatlining."

Grid makes it to the elevators while Viper is disarming the soldier, now carrying his grenades, the half loaded M-16, his fully loaded AK-47, and his other weapons.

Looking up with Mitose over his shoulder, Grid sees that above the elevators there are two lights, one marked "U" and one marked "L" with arrows in between them.  Both elevators are currently marked at being at the "U" (upper) level.  He hurriedly pushes both buttons to call the elevator.

X says, "Oh, no.  I didn't realize the elevators were at the top floor.  That adds another seven minutes or so for them to get down from the surface.  Hang in there.  I'll let you know if anyone approaches."

Jade and Lazarus make it safely to the south corridor.

Jade, Lazarus, Viper, Grid and Mitose are all now in the southwest rubble area.  Mitose is unconscious.  The others are no more the worse for wear.

"Twitch is gone," X says softly.  "We can't bring him back.  Binary's still got a strong signal though."

Laz yells as he hears the news about Twitch, "It wasn't suppose to be like this," he says over and over again.